Francisco De Nittis (3 July 1933 – 10 March 2014) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, an archbishop and a diplomat.
Born in Vieste, Italy, De Nittis was ordained a priest on 15 July 1956.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1959.[1]
On 7 March 1981, he was named titular archbishop of Tunes, Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Apostolic Delegate to the Solomon Islands.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on 2 May 1981 from Cardinal Agostino Casaroli.[3]
De Nittis was appointed apostolic nuncio to El Salvador on 24 January 1985[4] and to Honduras on 10 April 1986.[5] In October 1987, he hosted peace talks between Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte and anti-government rebels.[6]
He was appointed apostolic nuncio to Uruguay on 25 June 1990.[7]
He resigned in 1999.
He died on 10 March 2014.